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latest news & developmentsPotato king JR Simplot, US fry innovator, dies
JR Simplot, the billionaire founder of the Boise, Idaho-based agriculture business that bears his name and who helped make French fries a staple of the American diet and…
Sweet profit from candy inspired by Idaho potatoes
Even the maker of the Idaho Spud candy bar thinks it’s a little weird. But the chocolate-covered, potato-shaped Spud sells at a rate of three million bars a year. ”It’s amazing;…
Woman admits to scalping fellow ‘punker’
A woman has pleaded guilty to scalping a teenage girl who had a mohawk hairstyle and blamed the attack on mental illness and her drug addiction. Marianne Dahle (26) entered the…